Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I actually had another statement I planned on doing today, but I changed my mind again. I see the need to continue to speak on the resource revenue devolution sharing that we're supposed to have with Ottawa, Mr. Speaker. The more thought that I give to this, the more that I feel that we are getting the wrong end of the stick and I think that it's time. And if I have to stand up here for the next two weeks and speak about it, then I will, because the message has to get to them that we need to get a deal and we need to get it done soon.

I see some numbers floating around, Mr. Speaker. Revenues from the gas projects over the next 25 years could generate $700 million a year in revenue or royalty. That's over 25 years. What's going to happen? Are we going to have to negotiate for the next 25 years and on the 26th year the government will say, oh, yeah, okay, you can have 100 percent? So we hire people to figure out what's 100 percent of nothing, because that's what we'll get after 26 years. The big money is when the gas starts flowing and we have the diamond mines going. We have another one opening. Mr. Speaker, this is something, and I've heard someone say that we have to get our House in order. I believe that strongly. We have to get our House in order and be united because it's the only way we're going to get anything done. They keep pitting us against each other here while they continue to let the money flow to Ottawa. This, Mr. Speaker -- I said it yesterday and I'll say it again for the next two weeks -- is not acceptable. We should see that.

The responsibilities for our resources rest with DIAND. Again, we have the capability, I believe, now to look after and make our own decisions, look after our own resources. That comes with the devolution part of it. We can handle it. We can handle it, Mr. Speaker. We have the capability now.

What we need, Mr. Speaker, is we need leaders in the NWT to believe so strongly in something that they're not worried about their own future, but they're concerned with the future of their children, their grandchildren, and getting what's right. Mr. Speaker, getting what's right is keeping the resource money for the NWT, have it stay in the NWT and not always go to Ottawa. Thank you.

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